The rhetoric of the cultural and knowledge domains is derived from
the global open source
and open content movements, each destined to create and foster more
liberal copyright
protections for creative and cultural content developers. iCommons
itself is an
organisation that grew from the success of Creative Commons (CC):
licenses that provide
“a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists
and educators. ”
There were indeed demonstrations, various practises were shared, but
discussions on
strategy were either taken by those more connected than I, or were
overshadowed by an
over zealous, self-congratulatory fan base that did more to elevate
the status of the
business card than it did for my knowledge and practical application
of Creative Commons.
However, this was only part of the story...
APC Executive Board member and OPEN CHANNEL Program Director, Andrew
Garton critically reports on the iSummit 2006 that took place in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil in June. The 19-page PDF entitled "Me, myself and
i... the Summit" presents, in a slick format, useful references to the
open source and open content movements. It also takes an in-depth look
at video content dissemination and licensing models. A must-read to
understanding today's copyright and copyleft issues. - Open Channel
(with c2o)
http://rights.apc.org/documents/isummit_2006.pdf
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